Would this be good enough?
For those who don't want to look for it in the
Image Editing Tutorials thread, I've posted it here:
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Panoramic pictures are fun to do, especially when you get to see the completed picture. I like to make pans a lot from various series. In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a pan of your very own. When you see a certain series, there are times where the scene would scroll either up or down, left or right, or diagonally.
Find a scene that would be great for making a pan. I have some images of one big picture for you to try out. Depending of the image you are trying to make, it may take more or less parts of the pan. In this case, this pan has two parts to it.
When working with DVD VOB files, you may have to resize the image to their original aspect ratio. In this case, the two images are from a widescreen master, so I resized the images to 853x480 and cropped the black bars later. For full screen masters, 640x480 is the default resolution. If you're not using DVD VOB files to take screenshots, this doesn't apply to you.
Open up The GIMP, and go to File --> New. Seeing as the image is scrolling horizontally, I would leave the height the same size as the original pictures. However, the width would have to be modified to fit the completed picture. If the picture was scrolling vertically, it would be the opposite. Don't worry if your guess is incorrect; you will crop the image after you have completed the pan.
In this case, the new image will be 1500x480 pixels:
Making a pan is a lot easier than it looks. However, it's very easy to make a mistake on them, so take your time, and make sure that it looks right for you. Open up the first image and press Ctrl-A (or Edit --> Select All). Next, press Ctrl-C (or Edit --> Copy) to copy the image into memory. Then, go to the new image you created, and press Ctrl-V (or Edit --> Paste). Click on the selection tool (first icon on the top left) to move the selection to the right place. If you need any help, go to View --> View Grid (see first image). This grid will help you place the image in the right place. If you need even more help, go to View --> Snap to Grid so that the selection will snap to the grid, perventing you from making a mistake. The selection should be on the right side (see second image).
Now, open up the second image, and repeat the same steps that you did last time (or make a smaller selection if you don't need the entire image). Continue this process until the pan picture is complete (see the image below to check if you are on the right track).
Some tips when creating pans:
- It's very easy to make a mistake when making a pan, so start slowly so that you don't make a mistake that you can't fix.
- Sometimes, Snap to Grid works against you, so disable if you are having trouble making pans.
- Don't worry if you make a mistake. Simply press Ctrl-Z (or Edit --> Undo) to undo the mistake, and start over.
- It helps to zoom in if you have trouble trying to make a pan work.
- Sometimes, you may have to start a pan from a different direction. For example, if going up gives you trouble, try starting the pan from the top.
Seeing as my width prediction was way off, I will now select only the image using the selection tool, and crop the image by going to Image --> Crop Image (see image). Another option would be to go to Image --> Autocrop Image to let The GIMP automatically crop the extra space out for you.
Now is a good time to do any modifications, such as changing the contrast, adding in text, etc. Here is what the final image should look like:
That's it for this tutorial. You now have the skills needed to create a pan of your very own.